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Hands-on, intensive parenting is best, most parents say
Regardless of their education, income or race, most parents say a child-centered, time-intensive approach to parenting is the best way to raise their kids, a Cornell researcher has found.
The findings suggest intensive parenting has become the dominant model for how parents across the socio-economic spectrum feel children should be raised - regardless of whether the parent has the resources to actually do so.
"This points to exceptionally high standards for how parents should raise their kids. It suggests that parents are experiencing significant pressure to spend great amounts of both time and money on children," said Patrick Ishizuka, the author of "Social Class, Gender, and Contemporary Parenting Standards in the United States," published in December in Social Forces.
Most parents also said intensive parenting is the ideal approach for both mothers and fathers, and applies to parenting boys and girls, according to the study.
"It's remarkable just how widespread support...